Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was the leading global semiconductor manufacturer for the January – March period according to Counterpoint Research’s latest report. TSMC reportedly controlled 70% of the application processor (AP), system-on-chip (SoC) and cellular modems going into smartphone chipsets. Samsung Foundry came in second place with a 30% market share. Global smartphone chipset…
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The Watch GT 3 Pro is perhaps Huawei’s most fashionable wearable yet but it still has its limitationsRead More
Image courtesy Clipart Panda As discussed on this blog last year, the pandemic did not put the breaks on workplace bullying, at least in the U.S. Rather, as verified in a scientific study by the Workplace Bullying Institute done with Zogby Analytics, much of the offending behavior simply went online, mainly via video conferencing platforms such…
Metaverse firm Yesports has joined forces with the 2021 Liga Latinoamérica (LLA) champions Infinity to bring the team into the metaverse.Read MoreRead More
Social storytelling platform Dorian has acquired Nix Hydra, a developer of interactive fiction such as “oteme” games.Read MoreRead More
When US marshals shot and killed a 32-year-old Black man named Winston Boogie Smith Jr. in a parking garage in Minneapolis’s Uptown neighborhood on June 3, 2021, the city was already in a full-blown policing crisis. Around 300 officers had quit over the previous two years amid near-constant protests and public criticism in the wake…
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Whether your wallet is ready or not, Amazon Prime Day 2022 is less than a week away. The annual two-day super sale — which grants Prime subscribers access to a deluge of discounts, promotions, and bonafide deals — remains one of the best times of the year to…
VW says it hopes to eventually produce 240 GWh of battery capacity. | Image: VW Volkswagen said it would invest $20.38 billion to build electric vehicle batteries, a move the company says will create 20,000 jobs and generate $20.38 billion in annual sales. The automaker will create a new company called Power Co to oversee…
Apple Apple’s 2022 MacBook Air with an updated design, M2 processor, MagSafe charging, and a slightly bigger display will soon be available for preorder, starting at $1,199. Apple says it will open preorders online tomorrow, July 8th, at 8AM ET / 5AM PT, and orders will begin shipping Friday, July 15th. If you have a…
Enlarge / A VW worker dismantles an electric vehicle battery pack for recycling. (credit: Volkswagen) Volkswagen Group announced on Thursday that it is consolidating its battery development and production in a new project called Mission SalzGiga. The name refers to Salzgitter in Germany, where VW has built more than 63 million internal combustion engines—it has…